Word: macedonia
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When Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina declared independence and appealed for international recognition last year, Macedonia had no choice but to follow suit. Otherwise it would have been swallowed up by Serbia...
...commission of the European Community established criteria for recognition, stressing respect for the rights of ethnic minorities. Macedonia passed the test. Its population is a mixture of nearly a dozen nationalities, but its political system is democratic and pluralistic...
...this time, as in 1914, the conflagration could spread beyond Serbia. A Serb slaughter of Kosovars "is the point where the conflict will automatically trigger a wider Balkan war," says a U.S. official. It would almost certainly involve Albania and perhaps Macedonia, Greece, Bulgaria and even Turkey. If two NATO members become embroiled, the alliance could also be dragged in. "It's our nightmare scenario," says a senior British diplomat...
...more likely help, Kosovars must look instead to their ethnic brethren in Albania and the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia, where an estimated 30% or more of the population is Albanian, and possibly to fellow Muslims in Iran, Turkey and elsewhere. That inevitably raises the threat of a wider war. Serbian forces are not expected to respect international borders if Albania gives sanctuary to Kosovar fighters. Macedonia, now led by moderates in a delicate coalition that seeks full recognition of its own independence despite bitter Greek opposition, could feel compelled to intervene on behalf of the Kosovars lest their...
...breakup of Yugoslavia has been painful for Eagleburger, and a test of his philosophy. Seven of his 11 years abroad as a diplomat, four of them as ambassador under Jimmy Carter, were spent in Yugoslavia, where he earned the nickname "Larry of Macedonia." Soon after becoming Deputy Secretary in the Bush Administration in 1989, he warned that the end of the cold war could unleash ethnic hatreds in Europe, especially in Yugoslavia. He was criticized for having cold war nostalgia, but his fears have been justified. The U.S. mostly kept out of the mounting Yugoslav crisis until Baker visited Belgrade...